Alexa Fredston

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Assistant Professor of Ocean Sciences at UCSC. Modeling ecological and biogeographical dynamics in past, current, and future seas.

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Aquaculture
Behavioral ecology
Broadening participation in ecology
Community ecology
Conservation and restoration
Coral reef ecology
Ecosystem ecology
Evolutionary biology
Fisheries ecology
Intertidal ecology
Kelp forest ecology
Physiological ecology
Pollution and toxicology
Population biology and ecology
Reproduction, dispersal, and recruitment
Temperate reef ecology

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Most marine communities around the world do not have any change in beta-diversity. Some are becoming more homogenous, but some are also becoming more differentiated. Fig. 1 from Kitchel et al. 2025 PLOS Climate.

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